Community Impact  

Awarded to an organization 

The Community Impact award recognizes an organization that positively impacts their local community, striving to improve outreach, engagement, education, inspiration, and connection. The recipient of this award has made outstanding and meaningful contributions to identify community goals, build coalitions to achieve them, and measure progress. 

 

Innovation Pioneer 

Awarded to an organization 

The Innovation Pioneer award recognizes an organization that has identified, built, and demonstrated a new and creative way to streamline a process or workflow, or deliver new and innovative services and value. As innovation pioneers, they have reduced friction, improved quality of care, driven efficiency, and fostered equity in truly innovative ways. 

 

Moving Data into Action 

Awarded to an organization 

The Moving Data into Action award recognizes an organization that has liberated and leveraged data to drive policy, outcomes and/or equity at the community, state, or national level. The awardee will have used multiple data sources to make the case for policy, research, or process change, and has seen the differences implemented while measuring impact. 

 

Quality Improvement Trailblazer 

Awarded to an organization  

The Quality Improvement Trailblazer award recognizes an organization that identified a quality measure(s)/initiative and significantly moved the needle. The organization will have shown evidence of selecting a novel quality measure, using a different process to impact it, or having a significantly greater impact than previously published for the measure chosen. 

 

Root Cause Champion 

Awarded to an organization  

The Root Cause Champion award recognizes an organization that has brought together cross-sector community leaders and stakeholders (at any scale) to identify root causes of inequity, developed a plan for addressing those root causes, and identified a sustainability model that incentivizes and motivates the advancement of that effort.  

 

Governance Gold Medalist 

Awarded to an organization  

The Governance Gold Medalist award recognizes an organization that has led the effort to build or significantly refine a governance model for data sharing and health improvement across sectors, between health care and community-based organizations, between for profit and non-profit organizations. The awardee has built an inclusive governing table for their organization and has transparent governance practices. 

 

Partnership Promoters 

Awarded to two organizations working together  

The Partnership Promoters award recognizes two organizations who have built a sustainable and cooperative and complimentary relationship that delivers benefits to their community that are greater than the sum of the parts. Together, these organizations are breaking down data silos and integrating their services/solutions to deliver a unique capability. 

 

Emerging Leader 

Awarded to an individual 

The Emerging Leader award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated leadership, commitment to professional development, and collaborative skills with peers, colleagues, and community members. This rising leader is a top performer and is making significant contributions to their organization and community, and regularly engages in the Civitas network. 

 

Leadership Excellence 

Awarded to an individual 

The Leadership Excellence award recognizes an individual who has brought together a community, organized other leaders around a common goal, and made a substantial impact on a community, region, state, or the nation, going above and beyond their normal duties. 

 

Dedicated Mentor  

Awarded to an individual 

The Dedicated Mentor award recognizes an individual who has consistently empowered their team, industry peers, other leaders, students and/or community members to encourage engagement and career paths in community leadership, health improvement, policy, advocacy, interoperability, or technology.